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Infertility August 17, 2018

Photo of newborn surrounded by IVF syringes goes viral

A Glendale, Arizona, photographer’s photo that shows a newborn surrounded by in vitro fertilization syringes has gone viral, detailing the hardship one woman underwent to be able to call herself a mother.

Infertility June 18, 2018

US serial sperm donor banned from donating in Israel

Serial sperm donor Ari Nagel, an American who has fathered 33 children, with 10 more on the way, has been banned from donating his sperm in Israel, where he first fathered a child using artificial insemination.

Infertility May 27, 2018

Is eating seafood the key to getting pregnant?

Couples may have an easier time conceiving if both the man and the woman eat seafood more frequently, a new study suggests.

Infertility May 2, 2018

Woman who was egg donor in college meets 'egg' 18 years later

Elizabeth Gaba had known since she was a young girl that she was born via egg donation and surrogacy, but it wasn’t until she turned 18 that she gained access to the rest of her file.

Infertility April 27, 2018

Halsey announces she plans to freeze her eggs due to endometriosis

Halsey announced she plans to freeze her eggs due to her recent diagnosis of endometriosis.

Infertility April 10, 2018

Company: Storage tank didn't cause fertility clinic failure

A company that supplied an Ohio fertility clinic's storage tank said its equipment didn't malfunction or cause the loss of more than 4,000 eggs and embryos in early March, blaming the failure on human error.

Infertility April 4, 2018

Woman discovers via Ancestry.com that her biological father was her parents' fertility doctor, lawsuit says

The woman claims she was shocked to discover her real dad is her parents’ fertility doctor after taking an Ancestry.com DNA test.

Infertility April 2, 2018

Heavily used herbicide tied to shorter pregnancies

More than 90 percent of pregnant women in a small Indiana study had glyphosate in their urine, and higher concentrations were associated with earlier deliveries.

HEALTH March 13, 2018

Fertility-clinic breakdowns baffle experts, upset couples

Simultaneous refrigeration failures at two fertility clinics in San Francisco and suburban Cleveland have damaged or destroyed potentially thousands of frozen eggs and embryos in the biggest loss on record in the U.S.

Infertility February 2, 2018

Probiotic milk tied to lowered risk of some pregnancy complications

Pregnant women who drink milk containing probiotic "friendly" bacteria are less likely to have premature births or pre-eclampsia, a serious complication of pregnancy, suggests a Scandinavian study.

Infertility January 9, 2018

Large dosages of ibuprofen could kill sperm count in men, study says

The maximum allowed dosage of Ibuprofen for adults, 1,200 mg a day, may result in male infertility, according to a new study.